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UNITED STATESV PATENT OFFICE.

FRANCIS X. BLUMLE, OF EMPORIUM, PENNSYLVANIA.

SUMMER-House.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 679,103, dated July 23, 1901.

Application led May 1, 1901. Serial No. 58,338. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANCIS X. BLUMLE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Emporium, in the county of Cameron, State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Summer-I-Iouses, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to a summer-house, and particularly to a structure in which a fountain or similar water-supply is mounted upon the roof of the structure in order that the falling water may cool the structure and the surrounding atmosphere.

The invention has for an object to provide a fountain adapted to discharge a spray of water above the roof of the summer-house, so that the Water descending upon said roof shall drip from the edges thereof, thereby cooling the atmosphere Within the house, while the discharge from said fountain is also adapted to operate a motor for moving a rotary device of an ornamental or useful character.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will hereinafter appear in the following description, and the novel features thereof will be particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

In the drawings, Figure l is a perspective of the invention, and Fig. 2 is a vertical crosssection through the top of the roof With parts in full lines.

Like letters of reference indicate like parts throughout the several figures of the drawings.

The summer-house comprises a Water-tight roof A, supported in any suitable mannerfor instance, by ornamental posts or pillars A' at several points-which roof may be of any desired conflguration.- At the apex of the roof a fixed support B is provided and supported in any suitable mannerfor instance, by means of the depending post or collar B', resting upon the cross-bar B2, extending Within the roofand upon this fixed platform any suitable figure or object comprising a fountain C may be mounted. This fountain may be of any desired ornamental character suitable to the structures or uses to which it is applied. The fountain is supplied With Water by means of a pipe C', eX- teuding from any desired source of supply upward through or along one of the columns A', thence beneath the roof to the supporting-column B', thence upward, as at C2, and through the figure comprising the fountain to the discharge-nozzle C3, while a branch pipe C4 extends in a different direction and discharges upon a suitable motor-for instance, a water-Wheel, as shown at D. This wheel D is provided with a shaft D', bearing a gear D2 at its inner end, which gear meshes With a corresponding gear D3 upon the rotating platform D4. This platform is adapted to support any suitable gures or devices of an ornamental character or otherwise, and for the purpose of utilizing this rotary motion for a useful as well as ornamental purpose a depending rotary sleeve E extends downward from the platform D4 and bears at its lower end a fan E',by means of which a circulation of air is maintained Within the house and the tendency of the exterior air-pressure to blow the dripping Water inward is overcome by the movement of air effected beneath the conical roof. By this means the blowing of the spray upon the occupant by the ordinary breezes is prevented and all of the advantages of the cooling action of the Water are secured, while a very ornamental and comfortable structure is presented.

It will be obvious that changes may be made in the details of construction and ornamentation of the various parts Without departing from the spirit of the invention as defined by the appended claims.

I-Iaving described my invention, what I lclaim as new, and desire to secure by Letters 1. In a summer-house, a fixed fountain mounted upon the -roof thereof, a rotating platform beneath and concentric to said fountain, and a motor for said platform actuated by a discharge from said fountain; substantially as specified.

2. In a summer-house, a fountain mounted upon the roof thereof, a rotating platform, a motor for said platform actuated by a discharge from said fountain, and a rotatingl fan carried by said platform; substantially as specified.

8. A summer-house comprising a substan- IOO tially conical roof supported by posts, a fixed platform above said roof, a Water-supply extended to a fountain carried by said platform, a .rotating platform beneath said fixed platform, and a motor for said rotating platform adapted to be driven by a discharge from said fountain; substantially as specified.

4. A summer-house comprising a substantially conical roof supported by posts, a fixed platform above said roof, a water-supply eX- tended to a fountain carried by said platform, a rotating platform beneath said fixed platform, a rotary Water-wheel provided with a gear meshing with said rotating platform, and an independent discharge from said fountain directed upon said wheel; substantially as specified.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

FRANCIS X. BLUMLE.

Witnesses:

C. E. CRANDELL, I. K. NEOCKLEY. 

